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[APML] New Image: NGC7380 in Halpha and also in [SII]/Ha/[OIII]



I shoot this one every year and this is the first time I have applied my tricolor emission line filter set to it.
 
This was also the first color image taken with the FLI CM2-1 camera. The sensor is a bit small both in area and in resolution at 1 megapixel, but so far it is performing well.
 
I intentionally took what I deem to be a rather minimal set of exposures and used the AP180EDT f/9 with no focal reducer to see just how fast this camera is. I want to try it on the 18" cassegrain next because I think it will really be fast with that 90% QE across the visible spectrum and the largish 13.5 x 13.5 micron pixels.
 
For NGC7380 I was able to complete all the data in one night instead of the usual three that it usually takes. I will probably go back and gather more data later but this is what I have now. Total exposure time was 4 hours and 40 minutes.
 
Halpha only:  80 minutes: 4 x 20 minutes:
 
[SII], Ha and [OIII] ([SII] = Red = 2 hours = 6 x 20 minutes, Ha = Green =80 minutes =  4 x 20 minutes, [OIII] = Blue = 80 minutes = 4 x 20 minutes)
 
 
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